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Enable password policy on domain

my current AD enviro is does not have a password policy in place. I intend to create a 60-day password GPO and link it to the domain container. But by doing so, all user accounts will face password expiration the next day as they have been using the same password for quite some time.

Is there any way to enable password GPO without having the users's pwd expire the next day? The countdown should start from 0 the moment I link this GPO and not expire the user's password immediately.

I know of AD tools but unsure of which one to use and which particular value to look for to reset. Advice greatly appreciated!

You have to set some sort of "starting point" one way or the other. You can either start as of the current day, as suggested by the previous post, and implement your GPO 60 days from now, and tell people they will have to change their password in 60 days, or you can warn everyone "As of X date, we are implementing a new password policy. You will be required to change your password the first time you log on after X date and every 60 days after that."

Personally, I would do the latter - it gets them to change their password that they've been using for the past months or years immediately, and then warns them that this will be a recurring thing that will happen on a regular basis.

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